Villanelle

By Eleni Kontou

An edit by @padmaine

Diverging morals, or all amoral?

Is it a crime to hunger to be free?

For I seek normal in your lunar sol[1].

Surrender to tempt, push against my will.

Drawn to my cold, alluring ways is she.

Diverging morals, or all amoral?

My impulse feral, feeling carnal. I’ll

Yearn for you, for the Aphrodite’s flee.

For I seek normal in your lunar sol.

I’m feeling with you. Blinding auroral[2],

Abiding light. Your love reignites me.

Diverging morals, or all amoral?

With he you do much boredom quarrel. All

You need is me, I will be Nike[3]. See

For I seek normal in our lunar sol.

The feeling; nothing, choral of morals.

And for you, my soul is forced to right thee.

Diverging morals, or all amoral?

For I seek normal in your lunar sol.

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[1] ‘Sol’ means ‘Sun’ in Latin. [2] Light from the Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights). [3] The Greek Goddess who personified victory.